C_Clayton_Jones
Diamond Member
No, this is absolutely ridiculous.That is absolutely ridiculous. Do you have any evidence that anyone here is afraid of people who suffer from a transgender mental disorder?They donāt understand because theyāre afraid.What bothers me the most is when my "friends" have that unwarranted hostility toward transgender. They know I have a trans son, and they don't understand why I get upset with their lacking of rational, logical, factual arguments against transpeople's right to exist..Because those with an unwarranted hostility toward transgender Americans have no rational, logical, factual āargumentā in support of their hostility toward those transgender, consequently all they have are personal attacks.What is ad hominem?
If you are in a debate and you counter someone's position, how does that translate into "you're attacking ME?"
This is a question I'm curious about because I've had the experience of personalizing someone else's position. Example, someone opposes any hormones or body alternation for trans people and I can hear that as a personal attack on my family.
(My son is trans)
How can we discuss volatile, highly passionate topics without personalizing them?
Help.
Those hostile to transgender persons are ignorant as to what it is to be transgender, that ignorance leads to fear, and ignorance and fear together become hate.
Sure a lot of people are afraid of people who suffer from certain mental disorders, and justifiably so, however transgenderism is not one of them.
And that you canāt see the evidence comes as no surprise.
On this forum alone, day in and day out, thread after thread, USMB conservatives exhibit their ignorance, fear, and hatred of those transgender.
Just a few examples of rightwing ignorance, fear, and hate: referring to transgender persons as ātransvestites,ā referring to those transgender as ādeviants,ā āperverts,ā and āpedophiles.ā
Most on the right have advocated that transgender Americans be subject to punitive measures such as those in North Carolina, be discriminated against for no other reason than who they are, and that those transgender should seek out ātreatmentā in an effort to ācureā their āillness.ā
All of the above and more are examples of the fear, ignorance and hate most on the right exhibit toward transgender Americans.